Rapper DMX appears as himself. It is set around late 1995. DMX hadn't released music on a mainstream level until 1998, where his fame would have been established.
Barry claims that his startup is called Ebay, implying that Barry's idea of a website that sells goods worldwide would grow to be the successful Ebay. However, this episode takes place in November 1995; by this time, Ebay was already online and active, having been launched on September 3, 1995.